Basic Story Blocks

Covering the Bases: Bill Blundell's Story Blocks

By Chip Scanlan
Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Covering all the bases. On any assignment, that's one of the biggest challenges. Making sure before you get back to the keyboard that you've got everything you need to write your story.

As a young reporter covering fires and accidents, I carried a checklist to make sure I got all the information I needed, or at least could answer the questions my editor might have. (How many engines? What hospital? Charges?)

But when the story was more complicated than a two-alarm fire or a car crash with injuries, I needed more to make sure my story was complete.

That's when I turned to the six elements that Bill Blundell devised for himself when he was writing page one stories for the Wall Street Journal and later shared as an influential writing coach.

Describing his approach in "Best Newspaper Writing 1982," the year he won the award for best non-deadline writing, Blundell said he used these six areas to organize his material. "A few of these things are of interest, and others may not be, but I always consider all six of them," he said.

They are:
1. History.
When did this start? Who started it? What are the pivotal events on a timeline?
2. Scope.
What is the extent of the problem? How many people are affected? How much money is at stake?
3. Central reasons.
Why is this happening? What are the economic, social or political forces that created it, influence it, threaten it?
4. Impacts.
"Who is helped or hurt by this," Blundell said, "and to what extent and what's their emotional response to it?"
5. Gathering and action of contrary forces.
"If this is going on, is somebody trying to do anything about it, and how is that working out?" Blundell said.
6. The future.
"If this stuff keeps up," he said, "what are things going to look like five or 10 years from now, in the eyes of the people who are directly involved?”

For more, see Blundell's excellent book, The Art and Craft of Feature Writing.

Blundell used the six points to organize his reporting before he wrote. I think they can be equally valuable earlier in the process. As a roadmap for research, reporting and interviews, they offer powerful assistance with the reporter's daily dilemma: developing expertise on deadline.

What Is News? A Primer

writing news: a quick primer
(adapted from the MIT News office, http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/write-news.html, 2006)

What are the basics of any simple news story?

• The lead (What’s the news? Apply the Fred Rule)
• Who? what? where? when? (why?) and (how?)
• Write for a reader who’s intelligent but unfamiliar with your topic
• Use the “inverse pyramid” structure
• Use direct quotations
• Keep it clear and simple
• Be objective (not biased)
• Check your facts
• Keep it short

The lead
Every news story starts with a lead paragraph—the first 1-2 sentences that summarize the most interesting point of the article. The lead should be brief yet catchy, giving the reader an instant sense of what the article is about and making him or her want to read more. The lead paragraph should be a declarative sentence of about 30-35 words. If your lead is longer than that, you haven’t figured out what’s the most important news. Apply the Fred Rule—You see your friend Fred on campus. He asks, “What’s new?” You don’t say, “Well, I started the day when the alarm went off at 7. Actually, I hit the snooze and didn’t get up until….” No. You say, “Professor Pease’s pants fell down in class….”

Who? What? Where? When? Why? And how?
News stories always include the most basic, essential information – who did what, where, when? The why and how questions may be equally important, but sometimes are implied in the story, rather than overtly stated.
• WHO is involved? The mayor? A USU student? A businessman? A speaker? A group?
• WHAT about him/her/them? The mayor announced…. A USU student ate 75 hotdogs? A Logan businessman has donated…. Arts & lectures speaker Congressman Bob Smith told students the military draft should be revived…. (NOT Congressman Bob Smith spoke…). The USU Campus Republicans held a food drive….
• WHERE is the news or event taking place? If the place is important, include it in the first paragraph; sometimes the Where? can go lower in the story. Ex: Standing on the Utah Capitol steps, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman announced…. But not: Sitting in his office, USU President Stan Albrecht said….
• WHEN did (or will) the news take place? This is easy to insert, and important: The mayor announced Monday…. After six false starts, space shuttle Atlantis blasted off Friday….
• WHY is the story newsworthy? This may be obvious: “A U.S. congressman said Tuesday the military draft should be reinstated….” “Logan police captured a suspect after a high-speed chase…” Other stories may include information that explains the significance of the news: “Thousands gathered Monday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Towers….” or “Hundreds of poor families in Cache Valley stand to benefit from a new nutrition program outlined Monday….” Readers need to know why they should care, who will be affected by this news and how?
• HOW also may be implied or obvious: “Five people died in a three-car crash on Main Street Thursday….” or “Fire swept through a 15-unit apartment building Wednesday after lightning struck the roof….”

Write for a reader who’s intelligent but unfamiliar with your topic
Don’t assume in-depth knowledge. Avoid highly specialized or technical language/terms/jargon/slang. If you must use technical terms, or if a source uses them in a quote, explain what they mean for the non-expert.

Use the inverted pyramid structure
Rank-order the information in your story from the most important to the least important. Start with a summary and then add specifics. Chronology is usually not a good way to get the most important information across most efficiently. Apply the Fred Rule—What happened?!?! And then answer the obvious questions raised in the previous paragraphs.
Ex: A fire on 200 North in Logan Tuesday night left four people injured, two seriously, and five families homeless.

Logan fire officials said the fire at the Oak Stream Apartments complex at 315 W. 220 North apparently started in a vacant unit that was being renovated and spread rapidly through seven apartments.

Residents Jennifer Wilson, 23, and Bob Forsyth, 24, were injured when they tried to rescue their elderly neighbors, Mary and Maurice Anderson, fire Lt. Steve Jeppson said.

The Andersons, both in the late 70s, were transported….
When used correctly, the inverted pyramid structure reflects the reporter’s understanding of what the reader wants to know, and gives it to him/her in small, logical, easily digestible bites.

Inexperienced reporters often make the mistake of telling the story chronologically. A chronological structure is less effective in communicating essential information, especially to readers who are pressed for time. (Research shows that most readers quit a story after the first few paragraphs, so if the news that Utah Power will shut off electricity to wide areas of town doesn’t appear until lower in the story, many readers might not know until their lights go out.
Ex: Utah Power Co. officials held a press conference at the company’s downtown offices Thursday.
The meeting was conducted by public information officer John Sparky, joined by company executives Clarence Kilowatt, Jeanine Juice and Oliver Overcharge.
Sparky called the meeting to order at 11:15 a.m. There were about 15 people in attendance, including both Utah Power customers and members of the press, representing the Logan Herald-Journal, the Utah Statesman, KVNU-AM and…..
Reader: “ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz….”

Use direct quotations, when they add to the story
A good direct quote is a jewel. A poor direct quote can be mushy, dense, unclear. Quotes come to the reader in the voice of the newsmaker; when the source speaks in clear, colorful, evocative language that is concise and to the point, the direct quote is the most efficient and accurate way to get the news across. When the source talks like a tax form, the reporter must step in and paraphrase (translate) the information for the reader.
Normally, a reporter can paraphrase information more efficiently than it is spoken by a source. But when you get a good quote, get out of the way and let the source do the talking. What’s a good quote? You know it when you see it:
Ex: Which version of this information do you think tells the story best?
Coach: “Our guys are coming on strong. If we don’t stomp ‘em by three touchdowns, I’ll do extra laps myself.”
Coach Johnson expressed confidence in his team, which he said has had strong practices this week. He predicted an easy win.

Keep it clear and simple
• Write in short, simple, declarative sentences.
• Avoid using clichés, such as “cutting-edge” or "major breakthrough," by focusing on what is unique about your topic.
• Avoid jargon words that are understood only by experts in your business or academic field.
• Don’t use a long word when a short one will do. It doesn’t make the article look any “smarter” and only confuses the reader.
• When you have to introduce an unfamiliar term or idea, use smaller words, concrete examples and even similes to clarify ("fibrillation is where the heart quivers instead of pumping rhythmically, like a fist opening and closing.")
• Use the active voice (“the president announced,” rather than “it was announced by the president”).

Just the facts, m’am
News stories are factual. They are not opinion pieces. Reporters inevitably impose their perspectives on the news through the angles they take, the people they interview, the facts they include and omit. But even though these are personal (and professional) judgments, reporters must strive to make these decisions as neutral as possible. Sources may express opinions and judgments, but the reporter never should let her/his perspectives come through in the copy. Let the facts tell the story. Let readers interpret the facts themselves.

Check, confirm, double-check
Check all facts: names, spelling, addresses, ages, titles, company names, events. If you’re even a little bit uncertain, call sources back to make sure you’ve got it right. If you’re fuzzy on the facts, it’s impossible to write a story that will be clear and accurate for the reader.

Random Thoughts on Free Expression

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Random Thoughts on Free Expression (loosely defined)
Compiled by Ted Pease

(Samples from TODAY’S WORD ON JOURNALISM, the daily subscription “service” transmitted
via email to some 1,700 subscribers worldwide.)

“I thank God we have no free schools or printing, and I hope that we shall not have these for a hundred years. For learning has brought disobediences and heresy and sects into the world; and printing has divulged them and libels against the government. God keep us from both.”

—Sir William Berkeley
Governor, Virginia Colony, 1671

“A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.”

—James Madison, 4th U.S. President
(This quote is preamble to the congressional “Citizen’s Guide” on the use of the Freedom of

Information Act, enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966.)

“To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies and pause to America’s friends.”

—John Ashcroft, U.S. attorney general, 12/6/01

“As much as I hate to admit it, the American media are really indispensable to our country.”

—U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, 1997

“They are rude and accusatory, cynical and almost unpatriotic. They twist facts
to suit their not-so-hidden liberal agenda. They meddle in politics, harass business,
invade people’s privacy and then walk off without regard to the pain and chaos
they leave behind. They are arrogant and self-righteous, brushing aside most criticism
as the uninformed carping of cranks and ideologues. To top it off, they claim that their behavior is sanctioned — indeed, sanctified — by the U.S. Constitution.”

—William A. Henry III, reporter, TIME magazine, December 1983

“Newspapers’ traditional role has been consciousness-raising, and we do it real well. What we don’t do is help the public to the next step. We don’t help them focus on steps that need to be taken. We’ve got to get to solutions; everyone knows what the problems are.”

—Davis “Buzz” Merritt, editor, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, 1992

“When I was a child, people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist-deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad. . . . I believe television is going to be
the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond
the range of our vision we shall discover either a new and unbearable disturbance
of the general peace, or a saving radiance in the sky.
We shall stand or fall by television—of that I am quite sure.”

—E.B. White, author, “Removal,” One Man’s Meat, 1938

“What makes a good newspaperman? The answer is easy. He knows everything. He is aware not only of what goes on in the world today, but his brain is a repository of the accumulated wisdom of the ages. He is not only handsome, but he has the physical strength which enables him to perform great feats of energy. He can go for nights on end without sleep. He dresses well and talks with charm. Men admire him; women adore him; tycoons and statesmen are willing to share their secrets with him. He hates lies and meanness and sham, but he keeps his temper. He is loyal to his paper and to what he looks upon as the profession; whether it is a profession, or merely a craft, he resents attempts to debase it. When he dies, a lot of people are sorry, and some of them remember him for several days.”

—Stanley Walker, newspaperman, New York Herald-Tribune, 1924

“If you read a lot of books you're considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV
you’re not considered well viewed.”

—Lily Tomlin, comedian

“Some books make me want to go adventuring, others feel that they
have saved me the trouble.”

—Ashley Brilliant, writer

“Language is a very difficult thing to put into words.”

—Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet), writer, 1694-1778

“It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day
for lack of what is found there.”

—William Carlos Williams, author and poet

“She thought him to be a poet . . . an impractical man.”

—Meyer Levin, writer

“Though it has been discovered that the human brain has 10 billion cells, each capable of making 5,000 connections, many connections are never made, and messages, feelings, visions, and thoughts never register, simply bump blindly into each other without any result.”

—Leon D’Souza, USU journalism student, 2001
(at candlelight vigil for World Trade Center attack)

“A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.”

—Arthur Miller, playwright, 1961

“Hollywood is one of the main centers of communist activities in America due to the fact
that our greatest medium of propaganda—the motion pictures—is located here.
It is the desire of the masters in Moscow to use this medium for their purposes, which is the overthrow of the American government.”

—Adolphe Menjou, actor, in closed-door hearing
before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1947.

“The world is a hellish place and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. It cheapens and degrades the human experience, when it should inspire and elevate.”

—Tom Waits, writer, 2001

“Rest assured, there'll never be a shortage of Bozos on television.”

—Dan Rather, CBS News anchor, lamenting the end of WGN-TV's “Bozo,” 2001

“Journalists by nature must be optimists. Otherwise, they’d find something less tedious
and depressing (and better paid) to do than kibbitzing over and over again
on the same foibles of human folly.”

—Ted Pease, journalistic kibbitzer, 1997

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”

—Plutarch

“There are three rules for writing the novel.
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

—W. Somerset Maugham, novelist

“Every generation is supposedly ruined by entertainment. Entertainment is an easy fall guy. People always look for reasons why they aren’t responsible for their own kids,
but parents are responsible.”

—Sidney Lumet, movie director

“Find what gave you emotion; what the action was that gave you excitement. Then write it down making it clear so that the reader can see it too. Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over.”

—Ernest Hemingway, writer

“You will know you have spoken the truth when you are angrily denounced; and you will know you have spoken both truly and well when you are visited by the police.”

—Anon.

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.”

—Aldous Huxley, author

“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.”

—Barbara Tuchman, historian

“The press is the public educator, the Archimedean lever that moves the world
—to retch itself into spasms.”

—William Cowper Brann, editor of The Iconoclast,
was gunned down by an enraged reader in Waco, Texas, April 1, 1898

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer

“With every mistake
we must surely be learning.
Still my guitar gently weeps.”

—George Harrison (1943 - 2001)

“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”

—Henny Youngman, comedian

“A free press is not only a right, and not only a privilege,
but an organic necessity in a great society.”

—Walter Lippmann, journalist, 1889-1974

“There is no danger in letting people have their say. . . . There is a danger
when you try to stop them from saying it.”

—Helen Gahagan Douglas, writer and politician, 1946

“People demand freedom of speech to make up
for the freedom of thought that they avoid.”

—Sören Aalys Kierkegaard, philosopher

“There is no freedom of speech when people are terrified to be wrong.
Being wrong is just part of being human.”

—Garrison Keillor, radio host and author, 2001

“Books are good but experience is better.”

—from my fortune cookie the other day

“It has often been said
there’s so much to be read,
you never can cram
all those words in your head.

So the writer who breeds
more words than he needs
is making a chore
for the reader who reads.

That's why my belief is
the briefer the brief is,
the greater the sigh
of the reader's relief is.

And that's why your books
have such power and strength.
You publish with shorth!
(Shorth is better than length.)”

—Dr. Seuss (Dr. Theodore Geisel), children’s book author (1904-1991)

Ted Pease Bio

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BIO
Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor of Journalism
Former Head, Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University

TED PEASE is a semi-retired journalism professor and former head of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Utah State University (1994-2013). A writer and former newspaper journalist, he has taught journalism and worked in the mass media since 1976.

Pease is a newspaper columnist and editor, blogger, photographer, former Pulitzer Prize juror, co-editor of four books on the mass media and society (racial diversity, book publishing, radio, and children and the mass media), and is author or coauthor of dozens of scholarly journal articles, book chapters and essays, and hundreds of columns on the mass media and society. He also runs his own media consulting company, Pease Media, and photography company, PeezPix; publishes the daily email and blog Today’s Word on Journalism.

He is former associate director of The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in New York City and editor of the Center’s Media Studies Journal, and has taught journalism at universities in Minnesota, California, Ohio and Vermont. He worked for newspapers, magazines and the Associated Press in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Arkansas, and continues as a freelancer at many more. His recent research includes two studies with his spouse, Dr. Brenda Cooper, of how the press framed the 2006 film Brokeback Mountain, as well as studies of film and society, media criticism, several studies on racial diversity in newspaper and TV newsrooms, and various writings on media performance, ethics and free expression.

He is an avid ocean fisherman and sailor, a bogey golfer and lumbering tennis player, an avid photographer, and devoted dog companion. For reasons that should be obvious, he has refused to get on a bicycle for more than 35 years, after riding from Seattle to Atlanta. He lived in France for two years a long time ago, playing la guitare américaine dans le Métro in Paris, among other things.

Ph.D., Mass Communication, Ohio University, 1991
MA, Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, 1981
BA, English/Journalism, University of New Hampshire, 1978

Contact info:
Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Department of Journalism and CommunicationUtah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-4605
435-797-3293; 3973 FAX
ted.pease@usu.edu

Pease Curriculum Vitae (2014)

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.

Professor and Former Department Head
Department of Journalism and Communication Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322-4605
ted.pease@usu.edu; 435-797-3293; 3973 FAX

                                                                   

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mass Communication, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. June 1991.

            Dissertation: “Still the Invisible People: Job Satisfaction of Minority Journalists at U.S. Daily Newspapers.” Major Professor: Ralph Izard.

MA, Mass Communication, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Minnesota. 1981.

BA, English/journalism, University of New Hampshire. 1978.

EMPLOYMENT

Lecturer, Department of Journalism and Communication, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. 2014.

President and CEO, Pease Media and PeezPix Photography (formerly Ampers&nd), 2014.

Professor, Department of Journalism and Communication, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. 1994-present; Department Head, 1994-2005; 2008-2013.

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif. 2013.

Editor, Hard News Café, Department of Journalism and Communication, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. 2009-present.

Book Review Editor, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication). 2008-2013.

Associate Vice President for Media Relations and Marketing, Utah State University. 1998-99.

Columnist, The Logan (Utah) Herald-Journal, 1995-1999; freelance, 1986-present.

President, Ampers&nd Communication, PeezPix Photography. 1987-2013.

President and CEO, Pease Media, 2014-present.

Associate Director for Publications, The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, Columbia University, New York City. 1992-1994.

Editor, Media Studies Journal, The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, New York. 1992-1994.

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont. 1991-1992.

Director, Midwest Newspaper Workshop for Minorities, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 1987-1991.

Teaching Associate, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, Athens. 1987-1991.

Editor, The Ohio Journalist, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. 1989-1991.

Assistant Professor/Journalism, Department of Communication, University of Dayton, Ohio. 1983-1987.

Copy Editor, The Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock. 1982-1983.

Reporter, The Associated Press, Little Rock and Minneapolis. 1981-1982.

Contributing Editor, Home Energy Digest, Minneapolis. 1980-1981.

Reporter, Holyoke (Mass.) Transcript Telegram, 1978-79; Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times, 1976-77.

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PUBLICATIONS

Books

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. The News in Black and White. (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1997).

Everette E. Dennis, Edward C. Pease and Craig LaMay, Eds. Publishing Books. (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1997).

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. Children and the Media. (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1996).

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. Radio—The Forgotten Medium. (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1995).

Ted Pease, Ed.  How to Teach Diversity Handbook. (Columbia, S.C.: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1992)

Ted Pease and Brenda Cooper. Media Smarts: Making Sense of the Information Age. (In progress)

Ted Pease. Today’s Word on Journalism — The Book. (In progress)

Book Chapters

Ted Pease.  “Free Expression in Hollywood: First Amendment and Censorship,” in F. Miguel Valenti, Les Brown, and Laurie Trotta, Eds., More Than a Movie: Ethics in Entertainment. (Los Angeles: Mediascope/Westview Press, 2000). pp. 45-59.

Edward C. Pease.  “Why Should We Care? The Philosophical and Economic Arguments for Media Diversity.” In Carolyn Martindale, Ed., Pluralizing Journalism Education: A Multicultural Handbook. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993). pp. 7-16.

_____.  “Race, Gender and Job Satisfaction in Newspaper Newsrooms.” In Stephen Lacy, Ardyth B. Sohn and Robert H. Giles, Eds. Readings in Media Management. (Columbia, S.C.: Media Management and Economics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1992), pp. 97-122.

_____.  “E.W. Scripps’ Thoughts on Journalism in His Final Years.” In A Celebration of the Legacies of E.W. Scripps: His Life, Works and Heritage. (Athens, Ohio: E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the Scripps Howard Foundation, 1993.) pp. 27-31.

Photography

Ted Pease is the principal officer of Pease Media and Ampers&nd Communications, a full-service media and editorial services business, which includes PeezPix Photography. 2005-present.

Ted Pease, featured artist, “PeezPix: Images That Speak to Me,” 30-piece exhibition, Caffé Ibis, Logan, Utah. 2013.

_____. PeezPix. http://PeezPix.blogspot.com; http://PeezPixBiz.blogspot.com

_____. Featured Artist. Trinidad Trading Co., Trinidad, Calif., 2011

_____. Works exhibited and for sale in Utah, Northern California, and online.

Blogs/Websites

Ted Pease.  “Today’s WORD on Journalism.” http://TedsWord.blogspot.com.

_____.  “Hard News Café.” http://hardnewscafe.usu.edu/ (student news site).

_____.  “PeezPix.” http://PeezPix.blogspot.com; http://PeezPixBiz.blogspot.com (professional photography)

_____.  “AskDrTed.” http://AskDrTed.blogspot.com.

others available on request.

Refereed Publications

Cooper, B. & Pease, E. C. (2009). “The Mormons versus the ‘Armies of Satan’: Competing Frames of Morality in the Brokeback Mountain Controversy in Utah Newspapers. Western Journal of Communication.  Vol. 73, No. 2 (April-June 2009) pp. 134-156.

      Cooper, B. & Pease, E. C. (2008). “Framing Brokeback Mountain: How the Popular Press Corralled the ‘Gay Cowboy Movie.’” Critical Studies in Media Communication Vol. 25, No. 3 (August 2008) pp. 249-273.

      Cooper, B. & Pease, E. C. (2002). “‘Don’t Want No Short People ’Round Here’: Confronting Heterosexism’s Intolerance Through Comic and Disruptive Narratives in Ally McBeal.” Western Journal of Communication, 66, 300-318.

Edward C. Pease. “Defining Communication’s Role and Identity in the 1990s.” Insights: Journal of the Association of Schools of Journalism & Mass Communication. (1994). 13-17.

_____.  “Professional Orientation Equals Second-Class Status in Academe.” Journalism Educator, 48 (3): 38-45 (Fall 1993).

_____.  “News 2000: Not My Kid! Journalists Leery of Newspapers’ Future.” Newspaper Research Journal 13 (1-2): 34-53 (Winter/Spring 1992).

_____.  “Blaming the Boss: Newsroom Professionals See Managers as Public Enemy No. 1.” Newspaper Research Journal 12 (2): 2-21. (Spring 1991).

Edward C. Pease and Frazier Smith.  “The Newsroom Barometer: Job Satisfaction and the Impact of Racial Diversity on U.S. Daily Newspapers.” Ohio Journalism Monographs Vol. 1, No. 1. (July 1991). 40 pp.

Edward C. Pease.  “Still on the beat (or would be): J Educators Value Professional Experience, Want More.” Newspaper Research Journal, 11 (4): 52-64 (Fall 1990).

Edward C. Pease and Guido H. Stempel III. “Surviving to the Top: Views of Minority Newspaper Executives.” Newspaper Research Journal, 11 (3): 64-79  (Summer 1990).

Edward C. Pease.  “Ducking the Diversity Issue: Newspapers’ Real Failure Is Performance.” Newspaper Research Journal, 11 (3): 24-37 (Summer 1990). 

_____.  Editor. NRJ Index, 1984-1989. Newspaper Research Journal, Vols. 6-10. April 1990.

_____.  “Cornerstone for Growth: How Minorities Are Vital to the Future of Newspapers.” Newspaper Research Journal, 10 (4): 1-22. (Summer/Fall 1989).

_____.  “Kerner Plus 20: Minority News Coverage in the Columbus Dispatch – A Comparative Content Study,” Newspaper Research Journal, 10 (3): 31-45. (Spring 1989).

_____.  “Back to the Newsroom: Journalism Educators’ Professional Activities,” Newspaper Research Journal, 7 (2): 39-46. (Winter 1986).

Selected Other Publications

Edward C. Pease & the Faculty and Students of the Department of Journalism & Communication. “JCOM—Department Teaching Excellence Award Portfolio,” in support of candidacy as top teaching department at Utah State University 2013.

Ted Pease. “Sadie’s Bad Trip,” North Coast Journal (Eureka, California), August 2013. (http://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/sadies-bad-trip/Content?oid=2323425)

Edward C. Pease. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 1 (Spring 2013).

Ted Pease. “Oyster Ouster,” North Coast Journal (Eureka, California), pp. 8-9, Dec. 27, 2012. (http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2012/12/27/oyster-ouster/)

Mary Wilbur and Ted Pease. “Humboldt Botanical Gardens,” Pacific Horticulture, October 2012. (http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/humboldt-botanical-gardens/)

Edward C. Pease. Book Review: Philip Meyer (2012). Paper Route: Finding My Way to Precision Journalism. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 89, No. 4 (Winter 2012).

_____. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 89, No. 4 (Winter 2012).

Edward C. Pease.  “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 89, No. 3 (Autumn 2012).

_____. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 89, No. 2 (Summer 2012).

Ted Pease, “Little lessons from Trinidad summers,” The Eureka (CA) Times-Standard, July 12, 2012, p. A4

_____. “On finding your way back to shore,” The Eureka (CA) Times-Standard, July 26, 2012, p. A4

Edward C. Pease. Book Review: Roy Peter Clark (2010). The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 89, No. 1 (Spring 2012).

_____. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 89, No. 1 (Spring 2012).

Edward C. Pease & the Faculty and Students of the Department of Journalism & Communication. “JCOM—Department Teaching Excellence Award Portfolio,” in support of candidacy as top teaching department at Utah State University 2012.

_____. “JMCQ Book Review Subject & Author Index, 2011.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 88, Nos. 1-4 (Winter 2011).

_____. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 4 (Winter 2011).

Ted Pease, “USU essayists tackle Chris Matthews, pundits to win statewide contest,” The Hard News Café, Nov. 1, 2011.

Edward C. Pease. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 3 (Autumn 2011).

Edward C. Pease & D. Whitney Smith, “Providing Degrees to Everywhere,” The Deseret News, Oct. 25, 2011 (http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700191183/Providing-degrees-to-everywhere.html).

Mary Wilbur & Ted Pease. “Trinidad’s Sea Stack Gardens,” Pacific Horticulture, Oct/Nov/ Dec 2011, pp. 31-34.

Edward C. Pease. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 2 (Summer 2011).

Ted Pease, “Column: Boats, Toads, Spelling & ‘Wisdom,’” The Hard News Café, 2011.

_____. “Column: Finding Your Way,” The Hard News Café, 2011. 

Edward C. Pease. “Booknotes.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 1 (Spring 2011).

Edward C. Pease.  “JMCQ Book Review Subject & Author Index, 2010.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 87, Nos. 1-4 (Winter 2010).

Ted Pease. “The Decline of the Inquiring Mind,” The Utah Statesman, Sept. 8, 2010. (http://www.usustatesman.com/column-the-decline-of-the-inquiring-mind-1.2322253).

Edward C. Pease. “Booknotes,” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vols. 85-89, (2008-present).

_____.  Book Review: Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson (2010). The Great Typo Hunt: Changing the World One Correction at a Time. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 2 (Spring 2011).

_____.  Book Review: Nik Gowing (2009). ‘Skyful of Lies’ and Black Swans: The New Tyranny of Shifting Information Power in Crises. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 87, No. 3 (Autumn 2010).

_____.  “JMCQ Book Review Subject & Author Index, 2009.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 86, Nos. 1-4 (Winter 2009).

_____.  Book Review: Gill Klein, ed. (2009). Reliable Sources: 100 Years at the National Press Club. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 2 (Spring 2009), 201-203.

_____.  “JMCQ Book Review Subject & Author Index, 2008.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 85, Nos. 1-4 (Winter 2008).

Edward C. Pease, Erna Smith & Federico Subervi. The News & Race Models of Excellence Project. (St. Petersburg, FL: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.) October 2001.

Edward C. Pease. “A Purple Yearbook and Free Speech on Campuses.” “Point of View,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 19, 1999.

Ted Pease, “Minority J-School Grad Employment Waning,” The American Editor, American Society of Newspaper Editors, November 1999.

Columns, The Logan (Utah) Herald-Journal, on media and society issues. 1995-1999.

Edward C. Pease, Ed., WSSA News (Newsletter of the Western Social Sciences Assn.). 1997-1998.

Les Brown and Ted Pease, Eds. WATCHwords. (World Alliance on Television for Children, Munich. Quarterly). 1994-1999.

_____.   Monte-Carlo Télévisions. (Monte-Carlo Festival & Market, Monaco. Quarterly). 1994-1999.

Edward C. Pease, Executive Producer, “Values & Liberty—An American Crisis,” KUED-TV, Salt Lake City, June 9, 1996 (60 minutes).

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. “Children and the Media.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 8, No. 4. (Fall 1994). 231 pp.

_____.  “Race—America’s Rawest Nerve.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 8, No. 3. (Summer 1994). 180 pp.

Jannette L. Dates and Ted Pease. “Warping the World—America’s Mangled Images of Race.” In “Race—America’s Rawest Nerve.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 8, No. 3. (Summer 1994). 89-95.

Edward C. Pease. “The Ethics of Image and Intervention: Diplomacy and Media in the Post-Cold War World.” Insights on Global Ethics, July-August 1994. 1, 4-5.

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. “The Presidency in the New Media Age.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 8, No. 2. (Spring 1994). 201 pp.

Edward C. Pease. “The Father of ‘Talk Show Democracy’—On the Line with Larry King.” In “The Presidency in the New Media Age.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 8, No. 2. (Spring 1994). 123-37.

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. “The Race for Content..” Media Studies Journal Vol. 8, No. 1. (Winter 1994) 204 pp.

_____.  “Global News After the Cold War.” Media Studies Journal Vol. 7, No. 4. (Fall 1993) 210 pp.

Edward C. Pease. “The Diplomat’s View of the Press and Foreign Policy: A Conversation with Jack F. Matlock Jr.” In  “Global News After the Cold War.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 7. No. 4 (Fall 1993), pp. 49-57.

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. “Radio—The Forgotten Medium,” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 7, No. 3. (Summer 1993) 224 pp.

Eric Newton, Richard Thein, Brian J. Buchanan, G. Donald Ferree Jr. and Edward C. Pease. “No Train, No Gain: Continuing Education in Newspaper Newsrooms.” Report of the Freedom Forum Newsroom Development Survey. (May 1993) 37 pp.

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, eds. “The Media and Women Without Apology,” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2. (Winter/Spring 1993) 288 pp.

Edward C. Pease. “Symposium—In the Media, A Woman’s Place.” In “The Media and Women Without Apology,” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2. (Winter/Spring 1993). pp. 49-57.

_____.  “Who’s Covering What in the Year of the Women?” In  “The Media and Women Without Apology,” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2. (Winter/Spring 1993). pp. 134-139.

_____.  “Assessing Coverage: A Survey of Campaign Correspondents.” In The Research Group of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. The Finish Line—Covering the Campaign’s Final Days. “The Media and Campaign ’92” series. (New York: The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, 1992) pp. 127-135.

_____.  “The Media Scoreboard: Lessons of Campaign ’92.” In The Research Group of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. The Finish Line—Covering the Campaign’s Final Days. “The Media and Campaign ’92” series. (New York: The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, 1992).

_____.  “The Media Scoreboard, Final Round: Lessons of Campaign ’92.” In The Research Group of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. The Homestretch: New Politics. New Media. New Voters?  “The Media and Campaign ’92” series. (New York: The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, 1992) pp. 137-153.

_____.  “‘New’ Media Voices Challenge the ‘Old’ Media Status Quo.” In The Research Group of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. The Homestretch: New Politics. New Media. New Voters? “The Media and Campaign ’92” series. (New York: The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, 1992) pp. 99-101.

Everette E. Dennis and Edward C. Pease, Eds. “The Fairness Factor.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 6, No. 4. (Fall 1992) 202 pp.

_____.  “Publishing Books.” Media Studies Journal. Vol. 6, No. 3. (Summer 1992) 197 pp.

Ted Pease. “Looking for the Color of Your Money.” The Quill. May 1991, p. 5.

_____.  “One daily shows virtually no change in coverage of minorities since 1965,” ASNE Bulletin, July/August 1989, pp. 14-15.

_____.  “So what was wrong with ‘journalism boot camp’?” ASNE Bulletin, April 1989, p. 32.

Ted Pease. Executive Producer. “The Hamster Death Car Case.” (Instructional videotapes adapted from “Mock Libel Trial: The Hamster Death Car Case.”) Columbia, S.C.: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. 1988.

Selected Juried Conference Papers

Cooper, B. & Pease, E. C. “‘Short People Got No Reason to Live’: Disrupting Heterosexual Ideology in Ally McBeal.” Presented to the Critical & Cultural Studies Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C., August 2001.

Edward C. Pease.  “Race and the Politics of Promotion in Newspaper Newsrooms.” Minorities and Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Montreal. 1992.

_____.  “Who’s Making the News? Changing Demographics of Newspaper Newsrooms.” Newspaper Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Montreal. 1992.

_____.  “Race, Gender and White Male Backlash in Newspaper Newsrooms.”  Media Management and Economics Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Montreal. 1992.

_____.  “Blaming the Boss: Newsroom Managers as Public Enemy No. 1.” Invited research session, “Evaluating the Newsroom,” sponsored by Newspaper Research Journal and the Newspaper and Media Management and Economics divisions, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston. 1991.

_____.  “A Newspaper Legacy: E.W. Scripps’ Thoughts on Journalism in his Final Years.” Top-Three Student Paper, History Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minneapolis. 1990.

_____.  “Who’s Doing What With Whom? Professional Activities of Journalism Educators.” Invited paper session, “Educating the Newsroom,” sponsored by Newspaper Research Journal and the Newspaper and Magazine divisions, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minneapolis. 1990.

Edward C. Pease and Guido H. Stempel III. “Surviving to the Top: A Study of Minority News Executives.” Presented to the Newspaper Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, 1989.

Edward C. Pease. “Kerner Plus 20: Minority News Coverage in the Columbus Dispatch—A Comparative Content Study.” Presented to the Mass Communication Division of the International Communication Association, San Francisco. 1989.

_____.  “The Minority Recruitment Project.” College of Communication, Ohio University. 1988.

Selected Other Research

“The Newsroom Training and Development Project,” The Freedom Forum, 1992; “Is Anyone Listening? A Study of Minority Nonreaders of the Columbus Dispatch,” 1990; “William Loeb & New Hampshire Politics,” 1980; “The Battle Royal Over World News Flow: Freedom v. Balance?” 1981; “Death in the Afternoon, Death in the Morning?” 1980

Selected Other Publications

Columnist, The Logan (Utah) Herald-Journal, 1995-1999. Articles appearing in The Salt Lake Tribune, The Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner, USU Magazine, 9 on10 (Toronto), NABJ Journal, the Burlington (VT) Free Press, the Athens (Ohio) Messenger, the Athens (Ohio) News, The Ohio Journalist, Home Energy Digest, The Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, Ohio magazine, Expecting magazine, Texas magazine, Ultralight Pilot, AEJMC News. Design projects include EXTRA! (USU Department of Communication), Newspaper Research Journal, The Ohio Journalist and various brochures, newsletters & promotional materials.

Invited Lecture

Edward C. Pease. “Banning Books: Boneheaded, Wrong-headed and Thoroughly Un-American.” Banned Books Week, Logan Library, Oct. 3, 2012.

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TEACHING

2009-2014                MASS MEDIA ETHICS (online).

(USU)                      BEGINNING NEWSWRITING (f2f & online).

                                 MEDIA SMARTS: Making Sense of the Information Age (f2f & online)

                                 INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION (online).

                                 ADVANCED REPORTING (Hard News Café) (f2f & online).

                                 MULTIMEDIA BOOT CAMP (Co-teach) (f2f).

2013                         COPY EDITING.

(HSU)                      PHOTOJOURNALISM.

2004-2009                HONORS SOCIAL SYSTEMS: MEDIA SMARTS.

(USU)                      BEGINNING NEWS WRITING (f2f & online).

                                 MEDIA SMARTS: Making Sense of the Information Age (online).

                                 SENIOR SEMINAR. 
                                 BEYOND THE INVERTED PYRAMID (advanced news writing)

1994-2003                MEDIA SMARTS: Making Sense of the Information Age.

(USU)                      WRITING FOR THE MASS MEDIA.

                                 INTRO TO GRADUATE STUDIES IN MASS COMMUNICATION.

                                 OPINION WRITING.

                                 COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS.

                                 MASS COMMUNICATION THEORY.

                                 MEDIA & POLITICS.

                                 MASS MEDIA ETHICS.

                                 COPY EDITING.

                                 MASS MEDIA & SOCIETY.

                                 REPORTING PRACTICUM.

1991-1992                SENIOR SEMINAR.

(St. Michael’s)           JOURNALISM PRACTICUM.

                                 INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATIONS.

                                 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MASS COMMUNICATION.

                                 NEWS WRITING.

1987-1991                REPORTING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES.

(OhioU)                    REPORTING.

                                 NEWS EDITING.

                                 NEWSPAPER SYMPOSIUM. Midwest Newspaper Workshop for Minorities: journalism ethics, media law, newspaper history, newsroom sociology, press-society.

1983-1987                COPYEDITING.

(Dayton)                   PUBLICATION LAYOUT and DESIGN.

                                 NEWS WRITING.

                                 PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING.

                                 FREE-LANCE WRITING.

                                 PRACTICAL METHODS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS.

                                 FEATURE WRITING.

                                 TOPICS IN JOURNALISM. “The International News Media – Communication Issues in the Global Village.” Senior seminar.

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SERVICE

American Society of Newspaper Editors

Sponsored research, “Study of Minority Newspaper Executives,” with Guido H. Stempel III, 1988.

Committees: Minorities, 1988-92, 1999-2002; The American Editor, 1999-2003; Journalism Education, 1990-92, 1999-2003; Partnerships and Diversification, 1999-2000.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and

Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC)

Book Review Editor, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2008-date.

Judge, James Tankard Book Awards, 2010-date.

Elected, ASJMC Executive Committee, 2003-2006.

Appointed Member, AEJMC/ASJMC Committee on Organizational Visibility, 2002-2005.

Chair, ASJMC Publications Committee, 2001-03.

Elected Member, AEJMC Standing Committee on Professional Freedom & Responsibility. 1996-1998, 1999-2002.

Chair, AEJMC Resolutions Committee, 2001-02.

Appointed Member, Joint AEJMC/ASJMC Diversity Oversight Committee, 2000-present.

News Bureau Director, AEJMC New Orleans convention. 1999.

Panelist, “Better Budgets,” ASJMC Administrators’ Workshop, San Antonio, Texas, 1998

Organizer, AEJMC Convention Plenary, “Communication in the ‘Public Interest’ — Which Publics and Whose Interests?” moderated by Bernard Kalb, Baltimore, 1998.

Chair, Joint AEJMC/ASJMC Committee on Organizational Visibility, 1998-2000

Candidate for Vice President, AEJMC, 1998 (lost to Will Norton).

Elected Member, ASJMC Executive Committee. 1996-1998.

Chair, AEJMC Task Force on Public Outreach. 1996-1998.

Member, AEJMC Publications Committee, 1994-1997.

Chair, AEJMC Subcommittee on Electronic Publishing, 1996-1998.

Member, ASJMC Human Resources Committee. 1994-1998.

Chair, President’s Task Force on Media Criticism, 1994-1995.

Member, President’s Committee on the Mission and Purpose of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1994-1996.

Associate Editor, Newspaper Research Journal. Published by the Newspaper Division, 1988-1992; Editorial Board, 1985-present.

Head, Newspaper Division, 1987-1988; vice head and program chair, 1986-1987; officer, 1984-93

Research Paper Judge, Newspaper Division, 1985-1993; Mass Communication and Society Division, 1991-1992; Minorities in Communication Division, 1989-1991, 1993-present.

AEJMC Committees. Executive Committee, Newspaper Division, 1991-1993; Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee, Media Management and Economics Division, 1991-1992; Membership Committee chair, AEJMC. 1986-1989; Teaching Standards Committee, Mass Communication & Society Division. 1988-1989; Membership Committee chair, Newspaper Division, 1984-1989; AEJMC Advisory Committee, 1986-1988; Teaching Standards Committee chair, Newspaper Division, 1985-1986.

Convention Program Chair, Newspaper Division. 16 sessions of juried research, professional freedom & responsibility and teaching, 1987 national convention, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

Selected AEJMC Convention Programs: “Evaluating Research on Multiculturalism and Diversity,” Minorities in Communication Division;, “Human Resource Issues Confronting Media Managers,” Media Management and Economics Division, Montreal, 1992; “How to Teach Diversity: Mainstreaming Multiculturalism in Journalism/Mass Communication Classes,” Teaching Standards Committee, Montreal, 1992; “Evaluating the Newsroom,” Newspaper Research Journal and the Newspaper and Media Management and Economics divisions, Boston, 1991; “Educating the Newsroom,” Newspaper Research Journal and Newspaper and Magazine divisions, Minneapolis, 1990; “Why Johnny Can’t Think: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills,” Mass Communication & Society Division, Washington, D.C., 1989; Miniplenary: “We Have the Data, Now What? Making Sense of Research in the Classroom and the Industry,” Portland, Ore., 1988; Miniplenary: “Covering the Candidates: Private Lives of Public People,” and “Myths & Misconceptions: Why Can’t Journalism Educators and News Professionals Work Together?” Newspaper Division, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1987; “Get It Write! Innovative Ways to Teach Writing,” and “Getting On-Line: Using Databases in the Classroom,” Newspaper Division, Norman, Okla., 1986.

Colloquium coordinator, first Midwest Regional Colloquium of the Newspaper Division, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Moderator, “The Native American Press: Different Needs in News Coverage.” Discussant, refereed research paper session. April 1987.

National Communication Association

      Member, 1989-1991; 1992-1993; 2004-2006.

National Press Club

      Speaker, Centennial Forum, “The First Amendment, Freedom of the Press and the Future of Journalism,” Salt Lake City, 2008

Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association

      Academic Member, 1994-2005.

Public Relations Society of America (Salt Lake chapter), 2012-present.

Pulitzer Prizes

      Juror, 1999-2000 (Reserve Juror, 1994-1998)

Utah Press Association

      Workshop Presenter, “On Writing Good,” UPA Annual Convention, Mesquite, NV, 2003.

      Speaker, “A Niche for the Small-Town Press,” UPA Annual Convention, St. George, Utah, 1999.

      Member, 1994-present.

Western Speech Communication Association

      Member, 1996-1998.

Panelist, “Teaching Tolerance in an Intolerant Age.” WSCA Annual Convention, Monterey, Calif., 1997

New England Press Association

Member, 1991-1996

Convention Speaker, “Ethics in the Balance—A Crisis of Confidence” and “People Who Aren’t Like Me—New Approaches to Covering Multicultural Diversity,” Boston, 1993; “Whose News? Serving Multicultural Readers,” Boston, 1992.

Workshops, “What Is ‘Diversity’ and What Does It Mean for News Coverage?” TAB Newspapers, Newton, MA, 1993; “Multicultural Awareness Training Workshop for Newspaper Professionals.” The Quincy (Mass.) Patriot Ledger, 1992.

Society of Professional Journalists

Appointed Member, special inquiry task force on Southern Utah University censorship case, 2002.

Member, Headliners Club, SPJ-Utah Professional Chapter, 1998-present.

Convention Co-Director, SPJ Region IX Annual Convention, Utah State University, 2000.

Chair, National Professional Development Committee, Los Angeles convention, 1997-1998.

Convention Director, SPJ Region IX Annual Convention, Wellsville Canyon, Utah, 1996.

Moderator, “Newsroom Politics: Who Gets Ahead? Who Plays the Game?” Louisville, KY, 1990; “People Who Aren’t Like Me: Raising Newsroom Consciousness,” Houston, 1989; “Kerner Plus 20: How Much Pap, How Much Progress?” and “Presidential Post-Mortem: Press Performance in the 1988 Presidential Election,” Cincinnati, 1988.

Committees: Diversity in Journalism Committee; Professional Development Committee, 1987-91.

Southwest Education Council on Journalism and Mass Communication

Conference Committee Chair, 2003 Annual Southwest Symposium, Salt Lake City, November 2003.

Board member, 1998-2000.

                                                                

Westhaven Center for the Arts, Westhaven, California

Board member, Communications Director, 2006-2008.

Editorial Boards/Reviewer

Encyclopedia of International Media & Communication, (Harcourt Press), 1999.

Journalism & Communication Monographs, 2001-2004.

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 1990, 1992, 1998.

Journalism Studies (Sheffield, UK),  1998-present

Mayfield Publishing, 1998.

Newspaper Research Journal, 1987-present.

Notre Dame University Press, 1997.

Society & Natural Resources, 2003-present.

Strata Publishing, 1998-99.

Web Journal of Mass Communication Research, 1997-present.

Other Professional Memberships

Newspaper Association of America Diversity Committee, Newspaper Content subcommittee, 1992-1995; International Radio-Television Society, 1992-present; International Communication Association, 1988-present; Radio-Television News Directors Association, 1992-present; Newspaper Research Council, 1990-1991; Task Force on Minorities in the Newspaper Business, 1988-1992; American Civil Liberties Union.

Selected Other Panels, Speeches, Workshops

Organizer/Chair, John W. Morris Media & Society Lecture Series, Department of Journalism and Communication, Utah State University, 1995-present. Speakers have included: Matthew LaPlamnte & Rick Egan, Salt Lake Tribune, on Ethiopia infanticide; NPR foreign correspondent Anne Garrels; Mark Trahant, former editorial page editor, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Terry Anderson, Committee to Protect Journalists; Reed Cowan, filmmaker, 8: The Mormon Proposition; Alicia Shepard, ombudsman, National Public Radio; Nadine Strossen, president, American Civil Liberties Union, New York; Merrill Brown, editor-in-chief, MSNBC, Seattle; Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist; Bernard Kalb, “Reliable Sources,” CNN; Lawrence K. Grossman, former president, NBC News; Claude-Jean Bertrand, l’Université de Paris 2; Hope Green, president, Vermont Educational TV/National CPB Board; Yoshua Eyal, photojournalist, New York City; Tony Sutton, magazine editor, Johannesburg, South Africa, & Toronto; James E. Shelledy, editor, The Salt Lake Tribune; the Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Salt Lake City; Ed Marston, publisher, High Country News, Paonia, CO; Paula Houston, Utah’s “porn czarina.”

Participant, NewsTrain, Associated Press Managing Editors, Salt Lake City, 2011.

Contestant, “Wait, Wait! Don’t Tell Me!,” National Public Radio, 2011. (http://www.npr.org/2011/09/17/140549480/bluff-the-listener)

Moderator, “Same-Sex Marriage, Prop 8 and the LDS Church: Reed Cowan and 8: The Mormon Proposition,” John W. Morris Media & Society Lecture Series, USU, 2010.  

Interviewee, “The American Newspaper.” Utah Now, KUED-TV Utah Public Television, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009.

Speaker/Presenter, “Peace Works Film Series,” lecture/moderator with screening of “Meeting Resistance,” Cache Valley Peace Works, Logan, Utah, 2008.

Interviewee, “The Future of Journalism.” KUSU-FM Utah Public Radio, Logan, Utah, 2008.

Panelist, National Press Club Centennial Program, “Free Expression, the First Amendment and the Future of Journalism,” Salt Lake City, 2008

Speaker/Presenter, “Conscience, Civic Engagement and Public Courage,” lecture with screening of “A Soldier’s Peace,” Westhaven Center for the Arts, Westhaven, Calif. 2008.

Speaker, “On Courts and the Press.” Courts-Media Forum, Utah First District Court, 2005.

Speaker, “The Media & Politics, 2004.” College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, USU, 2004.

Interviewee, “The Media & Politics.” KVNU-TV12, Logan, Utah, 2004.

Interviewee, “The Media in Campaign 2004.” KUSU-FM Utah Public Radio, Logan, 2004.

Speaker, “Inside the Pulitzer Prizes.” The HASS Hour, College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, USU, 2004.

Panelist, “Media Ethics.” KUED-TV, Salt Lake City, 2003.

Workshop Leader, “Writing and Connecting to Your Communities.” Utah Press Association annual convention, Mesquite, Nev., 2003.

Moderator, “Biotechnology & the Media: Whose Job Is It Ayway?” The 2nd Annual Biotechnology Summit: Creating Community Partnerships, Salt Lake Community College, Sandy, Utah. 2003.

Keynote Speaker, “Students Stand Up: Give Peace a Chance.” Campus Peace Rally sponsored by the USU College Democrats and Amnesty International, Logan, Utah. 2003.

Invited Participant, “Frontier, Liberty and Responsibility in Western and Science Fiction Novels and Film.” The Liberty Fund. Key West, FL. 2003.

Invited Participant, “Biotechnology and Bioprospecting in Greater Yellowstone.” Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, Bozeman, MT, 2002.

Invited Speaker, Peace Rally, Logan, Utah, 2002.

Panelist, “Too Close to Home: Covering Your Own Company,” (how newspapers avoid conflict when covering stories that involve their own companies, including the lawsuit between The Deseret News and The Salt Lake Tribune, and the gubernatorial bid of Idaho Falls Post-Register’spublisher), Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association, Salt Lake City, 2002.

Panel Moderator, “Press Censorship in Times of War.” Annual Conference of the Organization of Newspaper Ombudsmen, Salt Lake City, 2002.

Panel Moderator, “Doing Journalism in Utah’s Religious Environment.” Annual Conference of the Organization of Newspaper Ombudsmen, Salt Lake City, 2002.

Speaker, “The First Amendment—The 45 Most Powerful (and Embattled) Words Ever Written.” National Library Week, Utah State University Libraries, 2002.

Workshop Leader, “The News & Race Models of Excellence Project.” The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, FL. 2001.

Invited Speaker/Moderator, “Art as an Agent of Social Change” panel, Ethics and the Arts conference, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2001.

Panelist,  “What Is Fair in Coverage of Religion?” Associated Press Managing Editors National Credibility Roundtable, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, 2001.

Speaker, “What’s News? The Future of the News Media.” Santa Barbara City College, 2000.

Panelist, “What Makes Diversity Work?” UNITY ’99, Seattle, 1999.

Panelist, “Hate Crimes: Overcoming Prejudice,” President’s Annual Diversity Forum, Utah State University, 1999.

Moderator, “Point/Counterpoint: What’s Wrong/What’s Right with the Press?” Media & Society Lecture Series, Utah State University, 1997.

Invited Participant, Training Editors Conference, The Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center, San Francisco, 1999, 1997.

Speaker, “The Golden Eyeshade Awards,” Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, 1997.

Speaker, Moderator, “Values & the Media” panel. National Conference of the Community of Caring, Park City, Utah. August 1996.

Speaker, “Managing Media: What Every Financier, Farmer and Four-Year-Old Needs to Know in a Brave New Electronic World.” Keynote Address, Media Day, The American Agribusiness Summit, St. Louis, Mo. October 1994.

Speaker, “Whose News? Press Performance in a Diverse Society.” Kean College of New Jersey, October 1993.“Technology, the Information Highway and a Threatened Democracy.” Kean College of New Jersey, March 1993.

Workshops: International Radio-Television Society Faculty-Industry Seminar, New York, 1992; “Redefining the News: Reaching New Audiences Through Diversity Conference,” The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, 1991; Seminar on New Technology for Journalism Educators, The Gannett Center for Media Studies, New York, October 1989; “Election ’88: Issues, Candidates, Character & Controversies,” Ohio University, October 1988.

Selected Other Service

Professional/External: Board of Directors and Communications Director, Westhaven Center for the Arts, Westhaven, Calif., 2006-2008; Center for Productivity and Quality Work Life, Board of Advisors, Logan, Utah, 2003-2005; Cache Humane Society Board of Directors, 2003-2006; Judge, Media General Newspapers annual writing contest, 2003-present; External Reviewer for promotion & tenure for faculty from the Universities of Oregon, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana State, Wichita State, San Diego State, 1995-present; Speaker, Utah Press Association annual meeting, 1999, 2003; Judge, PRSA/IABC Golden Spike Awards; Judge, Utah Press Women, 1997-98; Judge, Emmy Awards, news and documentary division, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 1993-4; Valley Press Association Annual Writing Competition, Springfield, Mass., 1992; National Association of Black Journalists Sportswriting Contest, 1991; National Federation of Press Women writing contest, 1990; Future Farmers of America newswriting contest, 1990.

University Service:

USU: Chair, Globalization Committee, HSS Curriculum Committee, 2010-2012; Chair, College Branding Committee, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2010-present; Honors Advisory Board, 2008-present; Honors Curriculum Committee, 2008-present; Women & Gender Studies Steering Committee, 2008-present; Campus Ally, Gay-Straight Pride Alliance, 2004-present; Elected Member, USU Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee, 2002-2003; 2003-2006; College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Commencement Marshal, 1995-2002; USU Marketing Committee, 1998-2000; President’s Diversity Board, 1997-present; Chair, USU Media Resources Committee, 1998-2000; Chair, University Studies/Social Sciences Committee, 1997-1999; Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 1995-2000; USU Intellectual Property Committee, 1996-1997; College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (HASS) University Scholars Committee, 1994-2000; College of HASS Advancement Council, 1999-2000; HASS Tanner Symposium Committee, 1995-1997; 26 master’s and 1 PhD committees; USU Student Publications Board, 1998-2001; 2003-2006.

St. Michael’s College: Media Board; Gender Studies Committee; Media Services Committee, 1991-1992.

Ohio University: Director, Midwest Newspaper Workshop for Minorities, 1988-1991; Graduate Committee, College of Communication, 1988-1991.

University of Dayton: Publications Committee; Writers Workshop Committee; Graduate Committee, Department of Communication; Internship Coordinator, Department of Communication; Faculty Adviser, Flyer News, 1983-1987.

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GRANTS, HONORS & AWARDS

Olympic Torchbearer, 2002 Winter Olympics Games Torch Run, Boise, Idaho. January 25, 2002

Invited Speaker/Consultant, Beijing Broadcasting Institute, China Central TV, and American Studies Center of Beijing, October 12-16, 1999.

Funded Research: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies/The Ford Foundation, Principal Investigator on multi-year “Race & News Models of Excellence Project,” part of the Poynter Institute’s “Media Diversity—2000 and Beyond” initiative ($223,500), 1999-2002.

Nominee, President’s Diversity Award, Utah State University, 1999, 2000, 2004.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund grant, $22,500, Department of Journalism, St. Michael’s College, for National Intensive Journalistic Writing Workshop for high school English teachers, 1992.

National Top Three Dissertation, Nafiger-White Dissertation Award Competition, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1991.

Outstanding Graduate Student, Ohio University, 1991.

Outstanding Graduate Student, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, 1991.

Top Three Paper, Student Division, History Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, for “A Newspaper Legacy: E.W. Scripps’ Thoughts on Journalism in His Final Years,” AEJMC, Minneapolis, 1990.

Research Paper Award, Second Prize for “The Journalistic Legacy of E.W. Scripps,” 1990 Ohio University Communication Conference..

Midwest Newspaper Workshop for Minorities. Director, 1988-1991.

Outstanding Doctoral Student, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, 1989.

Gannett Foundation. Grant for pilot project to develop model program to recruit high school minorities as college journalism majors, 1987-88.

National Teaching Award for the Teaching of Writing. Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, FL, 1987.

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